“Final Meeting of Beneficiaries – International Conference of the project “We Cross Borders””
As part of the project “We Cross Borders”, funded by the Interreg IPA CBC CCI 2014 TC 16 i5CB 009 “, the final meeting of the beneficiaries of the project and the final international international, 30 October 2023 Conference of the project. The project “We Cross Borders” is about modernizing and improving infrastructure at the Evzones and Bogorodica border stations and aims to improve customs services, both to the citizens and businesses of the two neighboring countries, as well as citizens of the European Union. More generally.
The main object of the project is to create new infrastructure at the Evzones and Bogorodica border stations. Both the final meeting and the final international conference of the project were organized by the Regional Development Fund for Central Macedonia (PTA KM) at the Noesis Science Dissemination Center in Thessaloniki. The final meeting of the project was attended by representatives from every project beneficiary, the Decentralized Macedonia – Thrace Administration and the Regional Development Fund for Central Macedonia from Greece, as well as the Ministry of Economy – Directorate of Customs and the Ministry of Interior.
The meeting was given a total assessment of the project, discussed the results and its deliverables, and the prospects for the design and implementation of respective cross -border cooperation projects in the future were examined. The final international conference was dedicated to the detailed presentation of the results and deliverables of the project, as well as to the benefits of project interventions to the Evzones and Bogorodica border stations in relation to the passage of people and goods such as the reduction of the Waiting time, the dramatic reduction to eliminate traffic congestion in border passes between the two spaces, the most effective treatment of smuggling and illegal immigration and the enhancement of a sense of security in the cross -border region and bilateral trade.
The conference was attended and welcomed by the Regional Fund for Central Macedonia by Mr. Apostolos Yantsis, Vice President of the Board of Directors of the PTA and General Manager of the Directorate of Transport and Communications of the Region of Central Macedonia. During the conference, all the beneficiaries of the project presented in detail the actions and deliverables they implemented under the project. The interventions carried out at the Evzone Border Station were presented with the installation of new equipment to control vehicles as well as the modernization and improvements of the building facilities. Also briefly presented the action plan drawn up in the context of the project with the aim of imprinting the necessary measures and proposals to improve the cross -border movement of people, products and capital and the creation of a common cross -border database of flow and recording of passing citizens, goods, services, services and capital.
PRESENTATIONS
Presentation We Cross Borders AIMILIOS LEONIDIS Download Here
Presentation We Cross Borders ANASTASIOS KARAVANAS Download Here
Presentation We Cross Borders DAMJANOSKA BARIC Download Here
Presentation We Cross Borders KYRIAKI KISSA Download Here
Presentation We Cross Borders PASCHALIS TEMEKENIDIS Download Here